How did Durkheim explain the apparent differences between suicide rates among Protestants and Catholics?

Protestantism is less effective because there’s this built in notion that you can think about this and that. You're more on your own in terms of your faith. Durkheim says that it's less like. They are more subject to despair and suicide

Catholicism: this is it joins us, there’s a teaching of not committing suicide. “It forms a unified authoritative tradition, the Catholics accept his faith ready made.”

Summarize the key differences between MacLeod’s “Hallway Hangers” and “The Brothers.” What do the outcomes experienced by these two groups imply about the distribution of opportunity for upward economic and social mobility?

Hallway Hangers: (they were cynical about their future, weren’t able to get ahead)

Characteristics- Predominantly White

Aspirations- Lack of Motivation because they felt like because they started off in a terrible situation because they had a bad home life that they weren't going anywhere.

What happened? A lot of them were in jail, unemployed or intermittent work, some were on alcohol/drug abuse, some were dead.

The Brothers

Characteristics- Predominantly Black

Aspirations- Strongly Motivated because they knew they had to work hard to get out; they were optimistic about being a famous athlete, having a nice house, family, and car, not blue-collar work. They thought the Hallway hangers were bums and didn’t care.

What happened? They were all either surgeons or physicians. They were a little bit better of because they hadn’t been in jail, but they still experienced some unemployment where they had blue-collar, working class hourly wages. Mccloud